Vietnam to export first batch of milk to China
TH Milk's sterilized and modified milk products have been granted transaction codes for export to China
Bacterium in drink mix causes mass student poisoning in Vietnam: official
Samples contained Staphylococcus Aureus, a bacterium known to cause severe food poisoning
Nearly 500 Vietnamese primary students hospitalized after drinking free chocolate milk
A traditional program that offers Nestle’s Milo chocolate for free sent the children to hospital
Vietnamese firm to set up $2.7bn milk production plant in Russia
According to a deal reached last week, the $500 million first phase of the high-tech plant, including a dairy farm and milk processing facility, is expected to begin in April 2016 so that the first batch of Russian-made milk will debut next year
Vietnamese customers continue drinking expensive milk despite declining global price
Though global milk prices have dropped by 20-25 percent, retail rates in Vietnam tend to rise due to what distributors, producers, and the price management agency claim rising costs
Vietnamese milk producer’s hi-tech cow farm certified as Asia’s largest
The dairy cow farm of Vietnamese milk producer TH True Milk has been acknowledged as the biggest in Asia
Single father runs Vietnam’s first breast milk bank
A young Vietnamese man founded the country’s first human milk bank to help provide disadvantaged infants across the country with full access to breast milk as well as to raise awareness on the immense benefits of breastfeeding
Milk prices continue to rise
Following requests from both local and foreign milk manufacturers including Vinamilk, Abbott and Mead Johnson, milk prices have risen by 5-10% after two hikes at the end of 2013 and early 2014.
Vinamilk licensed to build $23 mln milk plant in Cambodia
Vinamilk has obtained an investment license to build a manufacturing plant in Cambodia’s Phnom Penh.
Gov’t rejects tainted whey protein information
The information that whey protein in Fonterra milk could cause botulism was recently denied by the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) based on test results released by New Zealand authority.